Dear Fam and Friends,
This is an awesome Christmas season. You know what I get to do for Christmas? Help a woman get baptized. Her name is Patty, and I've told you about her before, and she's finally getting baptized this Saturday. MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! We are SO excited. She loves the gospel, and she loves the Book of Mormon, and we left her with a Liahona with the conference talk so she could learn from and love the Prophet. She's awesome, and her 10-yr-old daughter loves us. It's a little bit awesome. I honestly think part of the reason I was called on a mission was to teach kids. There's another little girl named Denise, the daughter of the man who has cancer, and she's three. We were over at there house last night, and her mom was telling us how last time we were there, Denise wanted to go with us. So last night her mom was like, ok go ahead! And so we walked out the door with Denise holding our hands, and her mom closed the door and everything! She's three! She was just like, ok, lets go tracting. Then her mom came out and was saying, oh, but I'll miss you if you go with them. Why don't you go with them tomorrow. She was all, nah. Then her mom asked, who am I going to get kisses from tonight at bedtime? And Denise says, "Papi." And turns around to go with us again. Finally, Angelica (the mom) picked her up and said, you can go with them tomorrow, and we said, yeah, tomorrow, we'll keep you all week. She cried! She loves us so much! YAY!!! Heeheehee.
They're going to get baptized too, but right now he can't even leave the house because of some medical stuff, so we're just waiting for that to clear up and just going over all the time and teaching all the doctrine in great detail. It's wonderful.
We had a Christmas party this Saturday with the ward, and the Primary did an awesomely cute Nativity thing. I took a little video so I could show y'all.
So yesterday we were out tracting and we saw someone's thermometer--I took a picture of this too because it was momentous--it was 52 degrees outside! We were chilly. It rocked. First time since I've been here that we were chilly.
I also have a cold, and I'm mildy miserable. But that's ok, being sick made it possible for me to sleep in this morning, so that was nice.
I love you all and I hope you're having a good Christmas. Being a missionary at Christmas time is kind of awesome, because I have never been able to so completely appreciate the true meaning of Christmas. I have never loved my family, friends, or people in general as much as I do now. Not only that, I love my Savior more than ever. We have an awesome Christmas video we share with people--Joy to the World--and it really helps me appreciate what this is all about. Christ, in reality, was born on this earth--the King of Kings was so humble that He was born in a stable at the lowest point in the world. His earthly parents were of no worldly consequence--they didn't have high standing with kings and rulers, they weren't wealthy, they were humble and kind and his birth was such a miraculous thing that the whole world should have been aware. He was born so the He could live and teach and serve His brothers and sisters who many hated Him and eventually killed Him. He was born so He could die for us. And that incredible act of love--His birth and death--is why we celebrate this time of year by giving, serving, loving more. None of us are perfect, but we have at least this time of year to remind us what it's all about.
That's my letter for today. I hope you're all safe and well. Until next week--
--Hna. Crowley
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